Public Conversation: Indigenous Incarceration and Community Solutions
Wed, 07 Dec
|Female Orphan School Conference Room 1
Time & Location
07 Dec 2016, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Female Orphan School Conference Room 1, Western Sydney University, James Ruse Dr, Parramatta NSW 2150, Australia
About the Event
Whitlam Institute
The expose of Don Dale and the death in custody of Ms Dhu have rocked us – but as we all know, the issues go far beyond these two examples. The broader story of Aboriginal incarceration across the nation is largely known. Indigenous Australians make up 27 per cent of the national prison population – a statistic that has almost doubled from 14 per cent at the time of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Almost 79 per cent of Indigenous Australians in custody have been in prison before.4 Corners
It is simply not possible to shy away from the truth of this matter: the facts indict us not only for accepting intolerable levels of incarceration, but for ignoring the advice and evidence as to how this situation might be addressed.
Self-determination, properly understood, lies at the heart of the matter.
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